Romans 9:15–24

¹⁵For he saith to Moses, ⁱI will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. ¹⁶So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. ¹⁷For ^kthe scripture saith unto Pharaoh, ^lEven for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. ¹⁸Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. ¹⁹Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For ^mwho hath resisted his will? ²⁰ⁿNay but, ^oO man, who art thou that repliest against God? ^pShall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? ^21qHath not the potter power ^rover the clay, of the same lump to make ^sone vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? ²²What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, ^tendured with much ^ulong-suffering ^wthe vessels of wrath ^xfitted to destruction: ²³and ^ythat he might make known ^zthe riches of his glory on ^wthe vessels of mercy, which ^ahe had afore prepared unto glory, ²⁴even us, whom ^bhe hath called, ^cnot of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?